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UCSB Mourns in Wake of Santa Barbara Rampage

The six victims of Friday's mass murder in Isla Vista, a community near the University of California, Santa Barbara, were remembered by the university in a day of mourning Tuesday.

Classes were cancelled on Tuesday, and in a letter to the community, UCSB chancellor Henry Yang and interim executive vice chancellor Joel Michaelsen wrote that a memorial service would be held at 4 p.m. PT. Classes will resume on Wednesday.

A man killed six people and injured 13 others during Friday night's deadly rampage. The suspect, identified by police as 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, was found dead of a gunshot wound to his head in his BMW.

Students and members of the community held a candlelight vigil on Saturday night to remember the victims.

The USCB murders and Rodger's manifesto spurred a Twitter campaign called #YesAllWomen, with many people voicing their outrage and concern over Rodger's male sexual entitlement. In a YouTube video titled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution," which was later taken down, he called the lack of female interest in him "an injustice."

UCSB Memorials

Members of the UCSB community gather at a park for a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of Friday night's mass shooting on May 24, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif.

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Students and community members march on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara during a candlelight vigil held to honor the victims of Friday night's mass shooting on May 24, 2014.

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A note addressed to George Chen, one of three men found stabbed to death in Elliot Rodgers' apartment, is seen outside the apartment in the Isla Vista neighborhood on May 26, 2014.

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Students comfort each other during a candlelight vigil on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara held to honor the victims of Friday night's mass shooting on May 24, 2014.

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UCLA students made 1,000 origami paper cranes as a gesture of peace at a candlelight vigil for the victims of UCSB's mass shooting on May 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

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People walk by a makeshift memorial in front of the IV Deli Mart where part of Friday night's mass shooting took place on May 25, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. near the University of California, Santa Barbara campus.

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Students place candles during a candlelight vigil for the UCSB victims at UCLA on May 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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A woman places a candle in front of IV Deli Mart, where part of Friday night's mass shooting took place by a drive-by shooter, on May 24, 2014, in the beach community of Isla Vista, Calif.

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Images of Christopher Ross Michael-Martinez, a victim of a deadly drive by shooting, are displayed as part of a makeshift memorial in front of the IV Deli Mart on May 25, 2014.

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Students of UCSB and UCLA mourn at a candlelight vigil at UCLA for the victims of a killing rampage over the weekend near UCSB on May 26, 2014.

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Students of UCSB and UCLA silently remember the victims of the mass shooting at UCSB over the weekend on May 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Jose Cardoso pays his respects at a makeshift memorial in front of the IV Deli Mart on May 25, 2014.

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UCSB and UCLA students gather on UCLA's campus to mourn at a candlelight vigil at for the victims of the mass shooting at UCSB on May 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Two students comfort each other during a candlelight vigil held to honor the victims of Friday night's mass shooting on May 24, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. near the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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